Father Ronissi

Father Ronissi was an Italian Roman Catholic priest during the 16th century. During the 1550s, he answered the letters of King Henry II of France's mistress Diane de Poitiers about her son Sebastian de Poitiers, and he argued that, with the Pope's blessing of Mary, Queen of Scots' wedding to Prince Francis, and the ability of Catholic France to take over England in the aftermath of Mary of England's death, Sebastian could not be legitimized, as this would make him the heir instead of Francis. He accidentally told the King's other mistress, Kenna de Poitiers, about his answer to Diane's letters, mistaking her for Diane.